AMADOR CITY, Calif. —

The Sutter Amador Surgery Center in Jackson will close on Oct. 3, raising concerns among Amador County residents about the impact on local health care access.

Patricia Tara, a patient at the center, shared her experience as a colon cancer survivor who relies on regular colonoscopies.

"I'm a colon cancer survivor, and so I have to have my colonoscopy every three years or so, and I was already two years overdue," Tara said. She highlighted the difficulty of finding local medical care, saying, "So having a place and finding somebody is very, very difficult and our doctors are getting fewer and fewer here."

Tara expressed her shock at the closure, emphasizing the center's importance to the community.

"I was absolutely shocked because I know all the things that they d

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